How the 'Pillars of Creation' were created
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —The 'Pillars of Creation', an image made with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, is one of the most famous astronomical views. It shows how 'elephant trunks' of cooler interstellar gas are eroded by the intense radiation and winds from nearby massive stars.